Carpet-binding.



No. 647,!86. Patented Apr. I0, |900 E KNAPP CARPET BINDING.

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CHARLES E. KNAPP, CF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARPET-BINDING..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,186, dated April 10, 1900. Application filed January 13, 1899. Serial No. 702,114. (No model.)

To all whom, t nte/y concern: ,Y Be it known that I, CHARLES E.` KNAPP, a citizen of the United States of America,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Matting and Carpet Binding, of which the followingisa specification.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in matting and carpetbindy ing, and has for one object to produce a device which maybe readily secured to the edge of i a length ofmatting or carpet to prevent the ends thereof from fraying out and to give Ithe matting or carpet a neat and finished appearance.

A further; object is to produce such a bind` ing which may be secured by sewing to the carpet in such a manner that the securingthread will be hidden from View and protected from wear.

With these and other objectsin view my invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations ofparts to be fully described in the following specification and forming circular channels with slotsleading fully set forth in the claims. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of thisspecilication, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a perspective view of a length of carpet provided with my improved binding, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the binding g In the drawings, B represents a grooved rubber strip similar to the one described in my Patent No. 324,942, of August 25,1885, and provided in addition thereto on its top and bottom faces near the slotted edge with integral curved converging iiangesAA,fo1-1ning longitudinal beads or ridges of considerably-greater thickness than any other part of the binding.

These ridges thus formed are directly oppo the diameter ofthe channels D,leading there' to. The rubberl binding thus describedis adaptedto be fitted over the edges of a length i of carpet or matting, such as F, and be se` cured in position bystitchingthrough the binding and strip witha stout cord C, so that Ithe stitches thereof lie embedded within the channels E and protected by thelianges A A', y it being obvious'that the "resiliency of these angesA A/ will permit of theneedle and cord being forced therebetweenand when in place will resume their normal position,nearly flanges andl their cord fillers constitute pro-V jecting frictionridges,'whichprevent theslip-` pingof the end of the carpet ormatting.

' `What I claim as new, and desire to secure` by Letters Patent, iss-'i slotted `rubber strip, having oppositely-disposed curved converging anges thereon;

2. In combination with a length of carpet i 1. In a device of the character described, a

or the like, a binding formed of a slotted rubber strip fitting over the edge of the carpet, curved converging 'lianges on theslotted edge of the strip lforming oppositely-disposed circular channelswith slots leading thereto of less width than the diameter ofthe channel, and a cord stitched through the strip and carpet and embedded in the channel, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claimy the foregoing as l myinvention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 3d day of January,

CHARLES E. KNAlPP.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. PRICE, JAMES W. PURDY, Jr. 

